As you consider your Legacy Video project, planning ahead will make your project run smooth and ensure you cover the most important points you want to include.

Make sure you understand what equipment you need, first. Good equipment (gear) makes a big difference in the final look and feel (quality) of your DVD. What camera will you use? Microphone choice and lighting are critical components as well. What background compliments your subject best? How will you eliminate noise...

Simply stated, a &_benches" shower bench , shower chair, or shower stool is a level seating area that allows you to sit in a comfortable position while bathing.  A shower bench can be either built-in (at construction or through costly remodeling) or portable.  A portable shower bench has a back rest for optimal support and comfort and a fairly large seating area.  Many of these shower benches have padded seats and offer seat height adjustments to accommodate every...

Caregiver burnout problems is not exactly something new. It has effects on both the actual person providing the service as well as the recipients. A lot of people who get medical help of some sort are stuck in the dark, left unaware of the problems that are going on around them when the provider is exhausted.

Being a caregiver; a social worker, nurse, home care aid, doctor, specialist, volunteer etc, is not an easy job to do. It takes years of dedication and hard work to get you...

Convenience care centers manned by nurse practitioners have enjoyed a surge in popularity. These centers are often located in large retail stores or drug stores and treat non-emergency patients with common ailments. Nurse Practitioners usually staff Convenience Care Centers due to the prohibitive cost of an M.D. staffing.

Not everyone believes the convenience care centers concept is ideal, especially those whose concerns focus upon primary health care. They fear fewer people will...

If you want to experience a loving and caring atmosphere during your old age in Phoenix, admitting yourself to a home care facility is the answer.  You will experience the love of family in these institutions.  They treat their occupants as real members of their own family and therefore provide them with the best service one can possibly imagine.

Here are some of the services of the most famous Phoenix home care facilities.

Medical Attendants

These home care...

In this article today I'd like to discuss several tips, tricks, and techniques that you can use to find the best nursing home for your elderly parent or friend. Finding the right nursing home, one that really cares about its residents, is incredibly important because they are worth it.

The fact of the matter is that very few residents of nursing homes are actually beaten or are starved or severely hurt in any way. Sometimes however the residents can be neglected which can be...

Lift chairs were invented using a prototype of the recliner chair, which was invented the 1920s.  This invention was patented in 1931 by cousins Edwin Shoemaker and Edward Knabusch.  The cousins also are the founders of La-Z-boy furniture, a store which is best known for its quality reclining chairs.  The first motorized lift chair came about in the 1980s, so that medical assistance professionals could transfer their patients with more ease.  The basic components of...

It seems that more area locals are finding that "aging in place" leads not only to longer lives in many cases, but also to a better quality of life. The sick and aging residents of the North Carolina Piedmont are showing a tendency to skip long-term hospital and nursing home stays, opting instead for a lifestyle that's much more conducive to personal freedom and dignity: home care. Durham, NC , as accessible as it is to all of the Duke Medical facilities, is a wealth of...

One of the greatest things a grown child can do to their aging parents is to look after their welfare and care in their senior years. These tasks are not always easy.  At times it can be overwhelming, very challenging and difficult.  But who would take care of these aging parents and love them in their helpless and difficult years?   Aren't we the children they reared and care for when we were also helpless and incapable to fend for ourselves?

Aging parents are...

Home care, Durham NC locals must realize, can encompass many different services. Such services range from helping with cleaning, cooking, and shopping, to caring for patients with feeding tubes, oxygen machines, and catheters. Bedridden seniors, whether they are in that state temporarily or for the long term, can really benefit from the kind of help a home caregiver can provide.

"Aging in place" is becoming a popular alternative to elderly folks having to relocate to a...